Famous athletes deal with anonymous Twitter trolls all the time. However, it’s not often that they get to roast those trolls so badly that they delete their social media accounts. But that’s exactly what legendary NFL pass rusher J.J. Watt did this week.
Earlier this week, J.J. Watt reacted to a Tweet showing the players who were quickest to 75 sacks in NFL history with Reggie White at No. 1, J.J. Watt at No. 2, and T.J. Watt at No. 3.
“Sandwiched between my childhood idol and a child I ate cereal next to everyday growing up. This is really cool and hard to comprehend,” J.J. Watt said in a Tweet, tagging his brother T.J. Watt.
Sandwiched between my childhood idol and a child I ate cereal next to everyday growing up.
This is really cool and hard to comprehend.
🙏🏼@_TJWatt https://t.co/Wo8pLiV9d2
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) December 20, 2022
But one anonymous Twitter troll with the account name @ed30650 tried to suggest that J.J. Watt was lying when he claimed Reggie White was his childhood idol.
“White retired in 2000 and you were born in 89. No 10-11 year old ever said man I [sic] Reggie white is my idol at around that age. Quit it with that false humility. This is about you, and you only. Nothing wrong with being proud of your accomplishments. Just be real, Don’t be fake,” @ed30650 said in a since-deleted Tweet.
The problem is, J.J. Watt wasn’t lying, and he had proof. Shortly after, J.J. Watt sent another Tweet sharing what appears to be a photo from his yearbook at age 7 where he lists Reggie White as his idol.
Please, tell me more about my own life…
“Just be real, don’t be fake” 😂 https://t.co/WMwfQLlcQo pic.twitter.com/RbEBD8RQ75
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) December 21, 2022
“Reggie White. He’s a good football player. They played really good on Monday. I want to be a football player,” the yearbook post read.
The backlash was so strong that @ed30650 quickly deleted their entire Twitter account.
As they said, “just be real, don’t be fake.”
